展
Tap the pinyin to hear it
to spread out; to open up; to exhibit; to put into effect; to postpone; to prolong; exhibition
- HSK 3.0
- Level 3
- Old HSK
- Level 4
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 尸 +7
- Structure
- Upper-left enclosure 左上包
- Traditional
- 展
- Common rank
- #765
- Unicode
- U+5C55
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 展
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 发展中国家 | developing country | |
| 一展身手 | to showcase one's talents; to display one's prowess | |
| 台北金马影展 | Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival | |
| 发展中 | developing; under development; in the pipeline | |
| 科学发展观 | Scientific Outlook on Development, a guiding principle for the CCP attributed to Hu Jintao… | |
| 可展曲面 | (math.) a developable surface | |
| 国家发展计划委员会 | PRC State Development and Planning Committee, set up 1998 to replace State Planning Commit… | |
| 水产展 | seafood show (trade fair) | |
| 国家发展和改革委员会 | PRC National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), formed in 2003 | |
| 上海浦东发展银行 | Shanghai Pudong Development Bank | |
| 展开图 | expanded view | |
| 发展商 | (HK) (real estate etc) developer | |
| 事态发展 | course of events | |
| 经济发展 | economic development | |
| 花展 | flower show | |
| 展会 | exhibition event; expo; trade fair | |
| 会展 | conventions and exhibitions (abbr. for 會議|会议[hui4 yi4] + 展覽|展览[zhan3 lan3]) | |
| 发展 | development; growth; to develop; to grow; to expand | |
| 展出 | to put on display; to be on show; to exhibit | |
| 展平 | to flatten out (paper, film, metal plates etc) |
Sound family
These characters use 展 as their sound component — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 展 sound part | to open, to unfold; to extend, to stretch | |
| 碾 | stone roller; to crush, to roll | |
| 辗 | to roll over; to turn on a side | |
| 搌 | to dab, to sop up, to wipe away tears |